Instrument · Instrument
Canticle
12-voice keys, reed, pad, pluck, and glass instrument for melody, counterpoint, and chord generators.
Opinion
Claude says “stable middle voice” to describe this thing, which is accurate. Very useful when an extra layer is needed in something, but the sounds are rather boring on their own.
Functionality
Canticle is a stable middle voice for the Downspout ensemble. It gives
melgen, counterpointer, and cadence a clear polyphonic destination when
the part should read as keys, reed, pad, pluck, or glass rather than bass,
percussion, glitch, or hybrid physical synthesis.
Pitch bend is applied per MIDI channel (2 semitones by default, set per channel with RPN 0) and voices are keyed by channel and note, so it follows the one-note-per-channel output of Retune.
Status
This is a very basic voice, perfectly usable but not very interesting. A bit more finesse is needed in the DSP.